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Sherrod Brown
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This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee will take up the nominations of Chad Readler and Eric Murphy to serve on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. These two men have spent their careers working to strip Ohioans of their healthcare rights.

Here’s what you need to know →
At @TheJusticeDept, Chad Readler signed a legal brief in support of a lawsuit by the state of TX that sought to overturn pre-existing condition protections in the Affordable Care Act. The day after he signed the brief, Trump nominated him to Sixth Circuit.
As an attorney representing the R.J Reynolds Tobacco Company, Eric Murphy actively worked to prevent a family from receiving a financial settlement after smoking cigarettes led to their loved one’s death. sblog.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/upl…
Eric Murphy also filed an amicus brief in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Inc., siding with employers that sought to deny women access to healthcare in direct conflict with provisions of the Affordable Care Act. americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…
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Sherrod Brown
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Sherrod Brown
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Last Friday, a partisan judge in Texas handed down a ruling that could dismantle the Affordable Care Act.

Let’s be very clear about what’s at stake if this dangerous decision is upheld – and why it’s so important that we fight back →
Health coverage for more than 20 million people who’ve gotten covered under the Affordable Care Act?

Gone.
Tax credits to help you afford health insurance?

Gone.
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Sherrod Brown
@SenSherrodBrown
As the Senate debated the GOP tax bill one year ago, senators listened as an expert witness confirmed that the bill would encourage corporations to close up factories here and move overseas.
So no one in Washington should be surprised that the very same day GM laid off workers in Lordstown, Ohio, it announced plans to make the Blazer in Mexico. And now, after taking its tax windfall, GM is eliminating 14,000 American jobs.
It doesn’t have to be this way. The American Cars, American Jobs Act would get rid of tax cuts for moving jobs overseas and increase demand for American-made cars. brown.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
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Tomorrow, Chuck Grassley is holding hearings for two Ohioan extremist Circuit Court nominees, Chad Readler and Eric Murphy. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) objects. For years, home-state senators had a courtesy veto over nominees from their states. But McConnell/Grassley eliminated that. 1/
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Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley on @hughhewitt today (hughhewitt.com/senate-judicia…): "Our goal is five district judges and at least one circuit judge and possibly two every other Wednesday between now and Christmas." See: buzzfeed.com/zoetillman/rep…
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